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Sea level rise now menaces even a Viking bastion of uplifted land

...16 feet) above sea level and 20 kms (12 miles) inland from coastal Stockholm, on the Baltic Sea. Land across much of the Nordic region has been rebounding since the end of the Ice Age about 12,000 yea...

18 Oct 2022

Sea level rise now menaces even a Viking bastion of uplifted land

News / Carbon & Climate

Q&A: The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’

...1.6°C above the 1961-90 average, because the European summer of 2003 was the first on record to exceed this average temperature. They then used a global climate model to simulate two worlds – one mirr...

29 Nov 2024

Q&A: The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’

News / Food & Agriculture

Fonterra sustainability director Carolyn Mortland steps down as dairy firm restructures function

The global sustainability director for Fonterra, Carolyn Mortland, is moving on from the role after 19 years with the New Zealand-headquartered multinational dairy company. There will be no replacemen...

13 Oct 2021

Fonterra sustainability director Carolyn Mortland steps down as dairy firm restructures function

News / Carbon & Climate

10 devastating extreme weather events in 2022

...11 and 19 June not only spread infectious diseases in Pakistan but also wiped out 45 per cent of the country’s cotton crop, costing an estimated US$10 billion in damages as of September and leaving ma...

21 Dec 2022

10 devastating extreme weather events in 2022

Released Elds deer at Main Lake in the Phnom Tamao forest

News / Food & Agriculture

A forest saved? – Cambodia’s Phnom Tamao Protected Forest escapes logging but faces an uncertain future

...19 August, now divides the forest into three distinct areas - a wildlife sanctuary of 1,021ha, an area replanted with luxury woods of 530ha and another 474ha for the rescue, treatment and rehabilitati...

28 Aug 2022

A forest saved? – Cambodia’s Phnom Tamao Protected Forest escapes logging but faces an uncertain future

News / Energy

Changing coal use in the EU and China since the energy crisis

...1.2 billion. The EU was both the biggest and fastest growing market, with exports increasing by 114.9 per cent year-on-year and accounting for about 46 per cent of all solar exports by value. That tr...

14 Apr 2023

Changing coal use in the EU and China since the energy crisis

News / Waste

To solve Asia’s single-use sachet waste problem, promote reuse: Jakarta-based start-up founder Bintang Ekananda

...1970s and there haven’t been significant results. The plastic recycling rate in Indonesia is at about 9 to 10 per cent. Not all plastic packaging is recyclable. So we need to think radically if we wan...

17 May 2023

To solve Asia’s single-use sachet waste problem, promote reuse: Jakarta-based start-up founder Bintang Ekananda

News / Policy & Finance

Indian children without Aadhaar digital ID shut out of school

...110 km (68 miles) away, the children have been denied admission at a local school because they do not have Aadhaar, the biometric identity card issued by the Indian government. They are among tens of ...

31 Jul 2022

Indian children without Aadhaar digital ID shut out of school

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan at UN Ocean Conference 2022

News / Water

Singapore undertakes new voluntary commitments for ocean protection

...17, member states agreed to create a list of commitments to further the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, “Life Below Water”. Ocean governance experts that Eco-Business spoke to, how...

4 Jul 2022

Singapore undertakes new voluntary commitments for ocean protection

News / Carbon & Climate

Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5℃ — and heat untouched areas 6km away

...10 per cent of the global emissions from 2009-2016. Deforestation is particularly prevalent in Southeast Asia. We calculate that between 2000 and 2019, Indonesia lost 17 per cent of its forested area ...

16 Nov 2021

Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5℃ — and heat untouched areas 6km away

Press Releases / The Liveability Challenge

The Liveability Challenge 2022 shortlists six finalists for sustainability solutions

...1 million in project development funding. Contenders also stand to gain a minimum of S$100,000 investment each by Amasia, Silverstrand Capital, Quest Ventures, PlanetRise and Purpose Venture Ca...

6 May 2022

The Liveability Challenge 2022 shortlists six finalists for sustainability solutions

News / Carbon & Climate

As media coverage of ESG grows, climate doomism is making room for solutions journalism

...1 than in 2020. Bloomberg's solutions reporting more than doubled (228 per cent) in 2021; South China Morning Post's tripled (330 per cent). The minutiae of ESG is now being covered by the mainstream...

1 Jul 2022

As media coverage of ESG grows, climate doomism is making room for solutions journalism

News / Policy & Finance

Pakistan's digital ID card keeps millions locked out

...120 million CNICs to 96 per cent of adults in the nation of about 212 million people. Each card comprises a 13-digit unique ID, a photograph of the person, their signature, and a microchip that contai...

27 Jul 2022

Pakistan's digital ID card keeps millions locked out

News / Cities

Inflation is triggering chaos worldwide, where are the hotspots?

...11 developed countries. "Unprecedented price surges mean that for many people across the world, the food that they could afford yesterday is no longer attainable today," said Achim Steiner, head of th...

25 Jul 2022

Inflation is triggering chaos worldwide, where are the hotspots?

Press Releases / Singapore FinTech Festival

Singapore FinTech Festival 2022 returns as an in-person event

...1 October and 1 November, as a prelude to the main festival. The event will be held at the Singapore EXPO. SFF 2022 theme With the global economy seeing a surge in inflation and facing risks of a si...

6 Oct 2022

Singapore FinTech Festival 2022 returns as an in-person event

News / Cities

Dengue in Southeast Asia: How our warming planet will change the future of 'breakbone fever'

...15,580 cases in the past six months alone, three times the number for the whole of 2021. Dengue is endemic to Southeast Asia as the region’s warm and humid climate makes it a hotspot for mosquito-born...

27 Jun 2022

Dengue in Southeast Asia: How our warming planet will change the future of 'breakbone fever'

News / Policy & Finance

Indian droughts and cyclones fuel trafficking fears for climate migrants

...1 million calls from March 2020 to April 2022, the report said. The calls led to the rescue of 21 bonded labourers from a brick kiln in Chhattisgarh state, and the rescue of 60 migrants held captive b...

30 May 2022

Indian droughts and cyclones fuel trafficking fears for climate migrants

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Sustainability leaders unveiled at the Eco-Business A List 2021 Awards

...18 The winners of the Eco-Business A-List 2021 are: 1. Armelle Bihan, Founder and CEO, Green Building Consulting & Engineering2. Emilyn Arboleda-Depon, Acting Capiz Provincial Environment ...

16 Dec 2021

Sustainability leaders unveiled at the Eco-Business A List 2021 Awards

News / Cities

How can 'sponge cities' use nature to tackle climate-fuelled floods?

...16, flash floods in Nairobi left streets submerged, trees uprooted and buildings in heaps, while Tropical Storm Elsa flooded New York in 2021. Both storms disrupted livelihoods and killed dozens. An e...

29 Mar 2022

How can 'sponge cities' use nature to tackle climate-fuelled floods?

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How big finance can scale up sustainability

...130 trillion in climate-finance commitments. In 1983, Muhammad Yunus founded Grameen Bank in order to provide banking services, and especially loans, to individuals (primarily women) previously consid...

27 May 2022

How big finance can scale up sustainability

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